Schauspiel Köln
The city's main drama theatre – playing at its interim home, the Depot in Cologne-Mülheim, while the Offenbachplatz house is renovated.
Schauspiel Köln is the city's principal drama theatre and, together with the opera, forms the Bühnen der Stadt Köln. Its listed main house stands on Offenbachplatz.
At a glance
- Main house: Offenbachplatz (built by Wilhelm Riphahn, 1962)
- Main auditorium: 830 seats
- Interim: since 2013 in Depot 1 and Depot 2 on the Carlswerk site in Cologne-Mülheim
- Tradition: Cologne's theatre history reaches back to the Middle Ages
From city theatre to multi-genre house
After predecessor buildings dating from 1782, the Riphahn-designed playhouse on Offenbachplatz opened in 1962. Owing to the building's extensive renovation, the company has performed since the 2013/14 season at its interim home, the "Depot" in Mülheim; the return to Offenbachplatz has been postponed several times. It is best to check current venues and dates in advance.
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-06-23
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